Res 149-87 9/1/1987RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION DETERMINING NECESSITY FOR ACQUISITION
OF PROPERTY FOR FILL AREAS FOR PHASE I OF THE
HOLLIDAY CREEK PROJECT, APPROVING APPRAISALS,
SETTING JUST COMPENSATION, AND AUTHORIZING
PURCHASE OR CONDEMNATION.
WH EREAS the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has designated
certain parcels of land which will be required as fill areas in
Phase I of the Holliday Creek Channel Improvement Project; and,
WHEREAS, those parcels have been appraised by Henderson
Appraisal and Consultants, who were employed by the City, and
such appraisals have been reviewed by the Property Administrator
and are on file in the Property Management Office.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. It is necessary that the City of Wichita Falls
acquire the hereinafter described property located in Wichita
Falls, Wichita County, Texas, for the purpose of filling to
improve the drainage as a part of Phase I of the Holliday Creek
Channel Improvement Project.
SECTION 2. The legal descriptions of the fill easements to
be acquired are as follows:
Parcel #F-3
A 1. 52 acre tract, more or less, out of
Block 4 of the Southeast one-fourth of the
John A. Scott Survey No. 12, Abstract 296,
and being a portion of the 11. 12 acre tract
described in Volume 1111, Pages 510 and 511
of the Wichita County deed records.
Parcel #F-4
A 2. 10 acre tract, more or less, out of
the John A. Scott Survey No. 12, Abstract 296,
and being a portion of the 4. 32 acre tract
described in Volume 593 , Page 55 of the
Wichita County deed records.
Parcel 0-5
A 1.74 acre tract, more or less, out of the
Southeast 160 acres of the John A. Scott Survey
No. 12, Abstract 296, and being a portion of
the tract described in Volume 1018, Page 169
of the Wichita County deed records.
Parcel #F-6
A 1. 50 acre tract, more or less, out of the
John A. Scott Survey No. 12, Abstract 296, and
being a portion of the tract described in
Volume 1263 , Page 680 of the Wichita County
deed records.
Parcel #F-7
A . 25 acre tract, more or less, out of Block
5 of the John A. Scott Survey No. 12, Abstract
296, and being a portion of the 4. 69 acre tract
described in Volume 1286, Page 870 of the Wichita
County deed records.
Parcel #F-10
A . 45 acre tract, more or less, out of Block
2 of the Irrigation Subdivision of the John A.
Scott Survey No. 11, Abstract 299, and being a
portion of the . 47 acre tract described in
Volume 1172, Page 679 of the Wichita County
deed records.
Parcel #F-11
A .76 acre tract, more or less, out of Block
2 of the Irrigation Subdivision of the John A.
Scott Survey No. 11, Abstract 299, and being a
portion of the tract described in Volume 1357,
Page 723 of the Wichita County deed records.
Parcel #F-12
A . 97 acre tract, more or less, out of Block
2 of the Irrigation Subdivision of the John A.
Scott Survey No. 11, Abstract 299, and being a
portion of the 2.8 acre tract described in Volume
891, Page 374 of the Wichita County deed records.
The legal descriptions of the property to be acquired in fee
simple title are as follows:
Parcel #F-8
A . 54 acre tract, more or less, out of Block
2, Irrigation Subdivision of the John A. Scott
Survey No. 11, Abstract 299, and being further
described as Tract #2 in a deed recorded in
Volume 66, Page 16 of the Wichita County deed
records.
Parcel #F-9
A 1. 13 acre tract, more or less, out of
Block 2, Irrigation Subdivision of the John A.
Scott Survey No. 11, Abstract 299, and being
further described in a deed recorded in
Volume 304, Page 87 of the Wichita County deed
records.
SECTION 3. The amount of the just compensation is to be set
as follows:
Fill Easements
Parcel #F-3 $ 570.00 F-7 188.00
F-4 1, 575.00 F-10 450.00
F-5 1,740.00 F-11 760. 00
F-6 2,000. 00 4F-12 970.00
Fee Simple Title
Parcel #F-8 $1,350. 00 F-9 2,825. 00
The above stated amounts of just compensation are also the
fair market value determined by Henderson Appraisal and
Consultants, who were employed by the City to appraise these
tracts. The City Manager is hereby authorized to acquire fill
easements on Parcels #F-3 through #F-7 and #F-10 through #F-12
and fee simple title to Parcels #F-8 and #F-9 as described above,
in the name of the City of Wichita Falls.
SECTION 5. In the event the City Manager is unable to
purchase such parcels for the appraised value, he is authorized
to increase the offer when, in his judgment, it appears to be in
the best interest of the City to do so to save the cost of
condemnation. If both parties are unable to agree upon a value
for the property, the City Manager is hereby authorized to
institute condemnation proceedings to obtain such property in the
name of the City of Wichita Falls for the Holliday Creek Channel
Improvement Project.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 1st day of September, 1987.
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